To My Loyal Subjects...
All hail, the Queen of Slackness...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006
All hail, the Queen of Slackness...
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
In lieu of my two-page, double-spaced paper...
...on Socialization Theory and why a woman has not been elected President of the United States, I present to you a Vocabulary Lesson!!(Pause for applause.)
In the interest of pursuing knowledge, and because of the relative popularity of my first vocabulary lesson, I, an admitted sesquipedalian, feel obligated to enlighten you, fair reader, with new and exciting vocabulary.
WARNING: THIS BLOG POST REFERS TO TERMS THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR TO MOST AND MAY BE SOMEWHAT EXPLICIT. PLEASE REMAIN CALM. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS POST WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13 OR 18 OR SOME OTHER RANDOM NUMBER, HOWEVER, THAT WOULD BE SAYING THAT THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY IS PORNOGRAPHIC, AND I REFUSE TO DO SO, EVEN IF SAYING SO WOULD MEAN THAT PEOPLE MAY ACTUALLY USE AND READ IT, LEADING TO HIGHER VERBAL INTELLIGENCE AND WHO WANTS THAT?
And now, without further ado, your vocabulary lesson:
Clitorides. Due to the fact that, pathetically, too few seem to be able to find one, I am surprised that this word, the plural, exists. (Be sure to check out the list of ads at the top of the linked dictionary page. Fascinating!)
On a strangely related note, here is a letter to the editor that uses the words phallic and Baptist Church in the same correspondence. Fascinating...
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Saturday, July 02, 2005
So we're in college and we're supposed to use our brains?
When did that happen?
This just in:
(Okay, not just in. It's been a few weeks. I've just been too much of a slack a$$ to post lately.)
There is a professor at my school (not Northwestern, remember?) who expects us to think.
Loud crash as we fall from our chairs, having fainted.
While thinking in college may be considered acceptable, or even expected for some, the concept seems to be foreign to the fine students of I-won't-name-it-here-state-university.
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4:49 PM
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Yes, let's.
"Let's look outward for a while, cast our gaze on something we never really knew existed or something we used to love but completely forgot about because we were too busy masturbating with our pain (or anger or bitterness or envy or garden variety messed-upness)." - Miranda Pinero in Tablet
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Monday, June 13, 2005
There is something dreadfully wrong...
...with getting a 106 on one's Psychology exam. But, I'm not complaining.My Psychology final is this Friday. So long as I score over 35% on the exam, I will keep my "A." Does this seems ridiculous to anyone other than me?
My stepmother asked me if I thought I was learning anything in the class. To which I replied, "Well, obviously. I scored over 100 on the test. I must have learned something."
The ones my dear stepmother should be concerned with are the cute little girls who repeatedly fail to break a 70 even with the "Extra Credit." (Yes, I said "Extra Credit." Sad, I know.)
And these are Psychology majors!
I really don't want to think about what this says for the state of higher education in the United States. I really don't.
I think I'm going to go study now.............
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Today's Random Thoughts
There are a whole lot of annoying, stressful things going on in my personal life. Having vowed to keep this blog lighthearted, I shall not share them. Instead, here are some random thoughts.1 - After 5 weeks of pestering the Registrar's office, the Learning Support* designation has finally been removed from my student records. Yay.
2 - Having Teresa visit reminded me that I have forgotten how to entertain adult houseguests.
3 - When one has a 109 average in one's Psychology class, one should not participate in the "what did you get on the last exam?" discussion.
4 - I'm broke.**
5 - [Insert big sigh here.]
* read "Remedial".
** Okay, so that's not so lighthearted.
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Thursday, June 02, 2005
Procrastination - My Favorite Pastime
I should be cleaning the house. I should be putting away laundry. I should be changing sheets. I should be going to the grocery store. But I am not. Instead, I am updating my blog.My former Northwestern* schoolmate, Teresa, is coming to town tomorrow. I haven't seen her since the year I met my nearly-ex-husband, eight years ago.
One reason I have not updated my blog recently is that I have been in shock since hearing that she is actually coming to visit me... Hold on, a second. I think I may faint again....
So, in honor of Ms. Teresa's procrastination in visiting me, I am going to procrastinate in cleaning the house.
So there.
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*Sorry, but I feel I must continue to shamelessly promote Northwestern University, even though I do not attend that school anymore.
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